Chapter 121: Free of Charge (I)
Translator: Storm in a Teacup
After breakfast, Long and s.h.i.+ did not rush to go out for their business, but went to Xu.
Xu and Fang have already got up. When Long went in, Xu was changing the dressings for Fang.
“The dressings need to be changed so soon?” Long asked.
Xu said, “Yes, the imperial doctor told me to change them this morning and then do it again tomorrow.”
“Okay.” Long nodded. “Alright, keep doing it.”
While saying that, Long went out with s.h.i.+ and sat outside for a while.
Soon, Xu came out with the aid of crutches, which were given by his servants.
Of course, that was because Xu’s legs were injured.
After Xu came out, he looked at Long and s.h.i.+. “Elder brother, Elder Brother s.h.i.+, why are you here so early?”
“I’m here to tell you that Qingzhou and I are going out. If you have any problem here, you can tell me when I come back.”
“Okay, I got it.” Xu nodded immediately.
Long and s.h.i.+ didn’t stay there longer. Knowing that everything was alright there, they went back to change clothes and then went out of the palace through the secret pa.s.sages.
Long and s.h.i.+ were dressed as ordinary people and their clothes were not fancy at all. But where were they going?
Long was also puzzled, so he asked, “Look at our clothes… Qingzhou, where are you taking me to?”
s.h.i.+ smiled. “We’ll go to a farm in the suburbs, where there are all farmers.”
“Oh, I know.” Long nodded and finally understood. “So we’re dressed like this not to draw attention, right?”
“Mhmm.” s.h.i.+ nodded. “We’ll go there like this.”
Then, Long and s.h.i.+ went towards that place. Perhaps because of their ordinary clothes, not many people noticed them on the way.
However, what surprised Long was that s.h.i.+ just led him to walk there.
“Why walk over instead of riding a carriage?”
s.h.i.+ was stunned and said, “I thought you wanted to walk.”
Why would Long want to walk? Long was confused. He wondered what made his empress have such a wrong idea about him.
Long looked at his empress, only to find that he blushed.
s.h.i.+’s reaction surprised Long more.
Then, Long suddenly thought of a possible reason, which was…
“Qiaozhou, you want to take a walk with me, don’t you?”
After s.h.i.+ heard those words, his cheeks flushed greatly. Long guessed his lover’s thought correctly and became very happy. It turned out that his empress wanted to spend some time alone and go for a walk with him.
Long was over the moon. Looking at s.h.i.+, whose face was red out of embarra.s.sment, Long couldn’t help but take s.h.i.+’s hand. s.h.i.+ blinked. His eyes brightened slightly, but his face became redder.
Long really wanted to kiss s.h.i.+, but he knew that they were out there on the road, so he stopped.
He didn’t want to do such a thing to draw others’ attention.
Luckily, it was okay to secretly hold hands under the cover of the loose sleeves…
So, instead of hurrying on with their journey, Long and s.h.i.+ secretly held their hands and leisurely went to the suburbs that were not too far away.
They walked so leisurely, which was obviously different from what the ordinary farmers would do.
So, maybe they were not so eye-catching, but there were also some flaws.
Some people were distinguished. Even if they were in some ordinary clothes, they still had graceful temperaments, which were very hard to hide.
Long smiled and said, “Qingzhou, do you think those people have noticed us?”
s.h.i.+ shook his head slightly. “I don’t know. The top killers can hide their intentions. I don’t feel anything wrong at the moment, but it doesn’t mean they haven’t noticed us.”
“Is that so?” Long said, “Then let’s go on. Are the Shadow Guardians following us in secret?”
“Yes, there are at least thirty people,” s.h.i.+ said.
Long nodded. “Then I can rest a.s.sured.”
s.h.i.+ couldn’t help laughing when he heard the words. “Mhmm.”
The two of them walked for an hour and a half before they reached the suburbs. Long admitted that he did not exercise enough at ordinary times. They didn’t walk very fast, but Long still felt exhausted. Tsk, tsk…
s.h.i.+ glanced at the person beside him. “Are you tired?”
Long would not admit to s.h.i.+ even if he was tired. He was a proud man.
So, Long shook his head. “I’m not tired.”
s.h.i.+ smiled. As a martial artist, s.h.i.+ had already noticed that the person beside him had been breathing heavily. However, walking was good for the health. Since Long said he was not tired, s.h.i.+ would just accept it. He didn’t need to argue with Long on that, did he?
Finally, the two of them arrived at the farm. “Qingzhou, does this farm belong to s.h.i.+ family?”
“No.” s.h.i.+ shook his head. After pausing for a second, s.h.i.+ said, “It’s a branch of Tianji Sect.”
“Tianji Sect…” Long’s eyes widened at once. “Do you mean the well-known Tianji Sect in the martial arts world?”
In fact, what Long really wanted to say was: What? Tianji Sect. The sect that the most beautiful woman in the world had been staying?
Long read in that novel that s.h.i.+ married the daughter of the leader of Tianji Sect as an imperial concubine!
Long just made s.h.i.+’s empress in that novel, that woman named Zhou Wan, leave him, and the two of them wouldn’t be together. But now, there came a Tianji Sect?
d.a.m.n it! Long suddenly became highly vigilant.
s.h.i.+ did not know what Long was thinking at that moment, so he just nodded when he learned that Long also knew Tianji Sect.
“Yes, I mean the well-known Tianji Sect in the martial arts world. Its headquarters is not here and this farm is just a branch. However, because it is near the imperial city, Tianji Sect also attaches great importance to it. I got to know a guardian in Tianji Sect by accident and some of our information was also obtained from here according to their working pattern… You must know that Tianji Sect is good at divination and also sells intelligence, right?”